văn vẻ
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]văn (“writing”) + vẻ (“appearance”). Alternatively, this is simply an -e reduplication of văn, with the association with vẻ coming about later.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [van˧˧ vɛ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vɛ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaŋ˧˧ vɛ˨˩˦] ~ [jaŋ˧˧ jɛ˨˩˦]
Adjective
[edit]- (writing, of a written piece) that sounds literary; that sounds like good, well-structured writing
- Bài này được. Văn vẻ phết !
- This ain't bad. Has some good prose.